Example sentences of "' [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jan Murray , the England left wing , avoids becoming the filling in a Finnish defenders ' sandwich during the UEFA Women 's Championship Group Three game at Brentford yesterday . |
| 2 | But if manufacturers were to try too hard to come up with new ideas we 'd be constantly faced with designs to rival Gibson 's semi-mythical Moderne and Burns ' Flyte in the grossness stakes . |
| 3 | PETER FRASER , owner of the Classic Bookshop and opponent of the Net Book Agreement , has complained to Michael Joseph and the Booksellers ' Association about The Sunday Times 's special autumn offer of Edith Holden 's The Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady , published tomorrow . |
| 4 | There were a few areas of life where he had not been involved — his interests ranged from Stockport Infirmary to the Territorial Army , Stockport Lads ' Club to the Boy Scouts , the Trustee Savings Bank to the NSPCC . |
| 5 | However , collaboration with Apple in 1986 in the publication of a daily newspaper for the athletes ' village at the Commonwealth Games , held that year in Edinburgh , resulted in the acquisition of several Apple Macintoshes and a laser printer . |
| 6 | But there seems little doubt that the psychoanalysts ' stress on the childhood roots of adult problems played its part in the general investigation of primitive roots which fills Sweeney Agonistes . |
| 7 | Assessment arrangements : the arrangements for assessing pupils ' achievement of the attainment targets ‘ at or near the end of each key stage ’ ( that is basically at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ) . |
| 8 | World War I , which the BSP opposed , and the Bolshevik revolution in Russia reinforced his commitment to militant activity as part of the shop stewards ' movement in the engineering trades . |
| 9 | Membership Assistant Dean ( chair ) Dean Modular Course Co-ordinator Assistant Academic Secretary ( secretary ) Ten elected members of teaching staff to include at least one member from each faculty Two student representatives nominated by the students ' union from the MCC representatives Any Field Chair ( not otherwise qualified ) choosing to attend and having two days ' notice of his or her intention to the Chair . |
| 10 | When I need a ‘ top-up ’ , I go back to my parents ' farm near the Brecon Beacons in Wales for lambing . |
| 11 | The EC Peace Conference on Yugoslavia had heard a report from the EC Arbitration Commission on the republics ' adherence to the EC guidelines for recognition of new states [ see p. 38685 ] . |